Team Decision Making Questionnaire (TDMQ)

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Instrument
Authors: 
Batorowicz, B.
Shepherd, T. A.
Overview: 

The TDMQ was designed to measure the quality of transdisciplinary teamwork throughout the team decision-making process. Specifically, the tool provides an estimate of the quality of decision-making, team support, learning, and the development of quality services within a team. In the validation study, the 19-item, self-report instrument was administered to professionals working within the clinical area of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).  The study reported good factor structure and internal consistency.  The tool can be used to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the team decision-making approach for a transdisciplinary team.

Link to Resources
Resource links: 

Batorowicz, B. & Shepherd, T. A. (2008) Measuring the quality of transdisciplinary teams, Journal of Interprofessional Care, 22:6, 612-620, DOI: 10.1080/13561820802303664

Attachment: 
PDF icon Batorowicz & Shepherd, TDMQ, Instrument.pdf
Descriptive Elements
Who is Being Assessed or Evaluated?: 
Individuals
Instrument Type: 
Self-report (e.g., survey, questionnaire, self-rating)
Notes for Type: 

The instrument emphasizes the fact that the individual is providing a rating of their own personal experience.

Source of Data: 
Health care providers, staff
Notes for Data Sources: 

Participating staff were in the clinical area of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in Ontario, Canada; they included speech language pathologists (SLPs), occupational therapists (OTs), communicative disorders assistants (CDAs), educators, computer technicians, and clinic managers.

Instrument Content: 
Reported perceptions, experiences of working relationships, teamwork
Notes for Content: 

The major question asked of the respondent is: To what extent does the Team Decision Making process help in the four areas listed?

  1. Decision Making
  2. Team Support
  3. Learning
  4. Developing Quality Services
Instrument Length: 

19 items; approximately 15 minutes.

Item Format: 
7-point likert-type scale ranging from 1 (not at all) to 7 (to a vast extent); respondents may also choose a “not-applicable” option.
Administration: 
Instrument was sent via mail as a paper-and-pencil tool.
Scoring: 
Authors imply that the average of items on each subscale (corresponding to the four factors) or a total score would be used. No specific scoring method is described.
Language: 
English
Norms: 
None described.
Access: 
Open access (available on this website)
Notes on Access: 

The instrument is attached (copied from journal article); contact the author to confirm permission to use.

Psychometric Elements: Evidence of Validity
Content: 
Item content was based on literature of Team Decision Making (TDM). The authors distinguish a "transdisciplinary" team from multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary teams based on the degree of inclusion of all staff in all phases of the decision marking process. Eighteen clinical staff from various professional backgrounds with a range of professional experience reviewed the items for content.
Response Process: 
Expert reviewers indicated that the tool was clear, the format was good, and the length was appropriate.
Internal Structure: 
Internal consistency reliability was very good from 0.83 to 0.91 for subscales and very good for the total scale at 0.96. Average test-retest reliabilities were acceptable (Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICCs) = 0.74-0.94) for all but the Learning scale (ICC = 0.52). The four factors accounted for sufficient (72.8%) variance in the items.
Relation to Other Variables: 
None described.
Consequential: 
None described.
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